Sources: BBC
Two people are killed and two others are injured when a tanker explodes outside the High Commission of Canada in Abuja, Nigeria. 2023-11-6
The death toll of the floods that affected Nigeria this month rise to 200. 2018-09-27
Fighting in various remote villages in the Borno State of Nigeria kill at least one civilian and six Boko Haram militants. According to the Nigerian Army, they've rescued more than 5,000 hostages from the militants. 2016-06-26
A suicide-bomb attack on a Shia Muslim procession in Nigeria's northern Kano state leaves at least 21 people dead. 2015-11-27
Nigerian voters elect Muhammadu Buhari (who previously ruled as a military dictator in 1983-1985) of the All Progressives Congress as the next President of Nigeria. 2015-03-31
Voters in Nigeria go to the polls for a general election. Gunmen kill at least 15 voters including an opposition house of assembly candidate for Dukku in Gombe. 2015-03-28
Islamist terror group Boko Haram kills at least 33 security personnel during attacks in Nigeria's northeastern Yobe State. 2014-05-26
Two bombs explode in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri with the Boko Haram movement believed to be responsible. 2012-01-4
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan announces he will contest the presidential election in January 2011. 2010-09-15
The chairman of the Nigerian People's Democratic Party (PDP), Vincent Eze Ogbulafor, resigns days after facing fraud charges in court. 2010-05-14